Sponsors

The mandate of the Education Committee is to identify and address issues and problems concerning all aspects of the continuing education of society members. The Education Committee is also concerned with the involvement of students in the Society, as well as the geotechnical education at Canadian universities.

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee of the Education Committee consists of the following members:

Chair

Pooneh Maghoul

University of Manitoba

Past Chair

Tareq Salloum

Vice Chair

Vacant

Secretary

Vacant

Administrator Student Competitions

Ryley Beddoe

Royal Military College of Canada

Chair CFG Fellowship Selection

Paul Simms

Carleton University

Member

Ariane Locat

Laval University

Member

Nicholas Vlachopoulos

Royal Military College of Canada

Member

E. Maria Skordaki

Royal Military College of Canada

Member

Ahmed Fahmy

Golder Associates

Member

Mecckey El Sharnouby

Atlantic Industries Limited

Member

Ramy Saadeldin

Stantec

Member

Cheng Lin

University of Victoria

Member

Adam Sevi

Norwich University

Member

Ryley Beddoe

Royal Military College of Canada

List of Activities

1. CGS Student Competitions
2020 Competition: The Call for Submissions for the 2020 CGS Student Competitions has been sent, and additional reminder emails will follow in the coming months. Submissions are due May 15, 2020. The competition will be completed over three months and the winners will be announced in early June, 2019. Once again the Graduate Student Presentation Award winner will be invited to present at the CGS Conference this Fall.

2. Canadian Foundation for Geotechnique Michael Bozozuk National Graduate Scholarship
The Canadian Foundation for Geotechnique National Graduate Scholarship, valued at $5,000(CAD), was established by the Canadian Foundation for Geotechnique in 2007 on the occasion of the 60th Canadian Geotechnical Conference. CGS Education Committee is administering the scholarship.

3. 6th cYGEGC
The latest Canadian Young Geotechnical Engineers and Geoscientists Conference was held September 26-28, 2019 in St.John's, NL. The 7th cYGEGC will be held in 2022.

4. GEOpardy!
Following the successful GEOpardy! event sponsored by Golder Associates at the Pan-Am Conference in 2011 and the annual CGS conference since, the committee will work with Golder to continue this event for the 2020 conference in Calgary.

The Canadian Foundation for Geotechnique is offering a $5,000(CAD) award to a full-time post-graduate student at a master’s level attending a Canadian university whose research focus is directly related to the field of geotechnique.

The award is granted primarily on the basis of academic excellence, the purpose and relevance of the research project to the practice of geotechnique, and the quality of the research summary. Eligible programs include geotechnical engineering, mining engineering, geoenvironmental or geoscience, engineering geology, and hydrogeology. Students who have displayed activity in volunteer or leadership roles in geotechnique will receive special consideration. The Award Committee also requires that the supervisor of the Master’s student provide a statement endorsing the application.

Application:

Applicants must submit a completed application form available at the CGS Education Committee (see top right of this page) and the Canadian Foundation for Geotechnique websites and supporting documents to the Award Committee. The required supporting documents are:

Transcripts of graduate level courses.

A statement of support from the research advisor endorsing the application.

A 500-word synopsis of their research project describing the purpose and relevance of the expected or actual outcome, and how it is expected to improve the current state-of-practice in regards to geotechnique. A statement regarding the expected time to completion of the thesis should also be included.

Notes:

Students wishing to apply should have completed all course work in their master’s program.

Nominations are limited to one per academic department and can be made in English or in French.

Submissions are to be submitted electronically to the administrator of student competition award Dr. Ryley Beddoe at Ryley.Beddoe@rmc.ca.